House Nierhoven

House "Nierhoven", known in the Limburg hoes Nirve, is a country house in the hamlet Nierhoven in the municipality Nuth. Opposite the house are several fish ponds and the valley of the Platsbeek. The house is privately owned and not open to the public.
Construction
The House Nierhoven history goes back to around 1550. The house consists of a recently renovated and lies with closed courtyard and front gate. The complex also includes a chapel with altar from the 18th century. In the 70s of the 20th century restoration took place.
Residents:
In the 16th century the family Hundjens (later changed in Latin to Canisius) the owner of the house.  Some Limburg priests comes from this family.
In the 17th century the family had renovated the house, taking anchors the year 1679 was placed on the facade. In 1731 Elisabeth Canisius married Jan Willem van der Meer from Tongeren.
The heiress of their son Mathius Philip van der Meer sold the mansion to the French priest Nicholas Augustine Limpens. Cousin Leonard de Limpens inherits the estate in 1811. The next owner was his cousin, Charles the Limpens, subdistrict in Heerlen and parliamentarian.
At the end of the 19th century the family dies out. August Naest from Westerlo will be the new owner. In 1917, the complex includes 34 hectares of land, sold publicly. Residents in that period, among other things, the Klootz family.
In the 60's the country house is purchased by the city and renovated and is among other things used as a residence of the then mayor Schmedding but also houses the local Boy Scouts St. Hubertus